What are the top feeder programs into Potomac’s K?

[Anonymous]

Just curious where I can get that info. Thanks in advance!

[Anonymous]

Va publics are getting so bad that people are freaking out. You are smart to bet an early start.

[Anonymous]

Mclean Country Day School

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mclean Country Day School

Not necessarily true. A lot of students from CDS were waitlisted this year

[Anonymous]

Does Potomac actually provide this info?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mclean Country Day School

Not necessarily true. A lot of students from CDS were waitlisted this year

Not true at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mclean Country Day School

Not necessarily true. A lot of students from CDS were waitlisted this year

Not true at all.

Not true that Country Day is a feeder to Potomac? Or that a lot of CDS applicants were waitlisted at Potomac?

[Anonymous]

I am sorry, but this is ridiculous. I personally think my DC was accepted at our "big 3" because he went to a totally random co-op preschool that was about 60 percent outdoors, basically zero academics. His two best friends, one went to NO preschool, the other to a church preschool. Choose a preschool you like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mclean Country Day School

Not necessarily true. A lot of students from CDS were waitlisted this year

Not true at all.

Not true that Country Day is a feeder to Potomac? Or that a lot of CDS applicants were waitlisted at Potomac?

Not true that a lot of CDS applicants to Potomac were waitlisted this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am sorry, but this is ridiculous. I personally think my DC was accepted at our "big 3" because he went to a totally random co-op preschool that was about 60 percent outdoors, basically zero academics. His two best friends, one went to NO preschool, the other to a church preschool. Choose a preschool you like.

+10000

[Anonymous]

Not sure why it’s a ridiculous question. Just curious where the kids come from that are entering Potomac’s K. I get that there is a wide range of schools though — just curious about the popular feeders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure why it’s a ridiculous question. Just curious where the kids come from that are entering Potomac’s K. I get that there is a wide range of schools though — just curious about the popular feeders.

There are no feeders, that is the point. Seriously, you are better off coming from a random preschool. I am not kidding. Mom of a typically-developing white American-born, only English speaking child (non-alum, we are not really rich) admitted to a big 3 last year. Let me tell you that is not easy. Sorry to be crass, but trying to get my point across. S/he went to a suburban church preschool nobody here has probably ever heard of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am sorry, but this is ridiculous. I personally think my DC was accepted at our "big 3" because he went to a totally random co-op preschool that was about 60 percent outdoors, basically zero academics. His two best friends, one went to NO preschool, the other to a church preschool. Choose a preschool you like.

Yes, and your child and his two friends were probably the only children from those schools who got in. Conversely, multiple children from CDS, etc. got it. You might have been the only ones who applied, so your schools technically had a 100% success rate, but I seriously doubt that if the entirely of these three schools applied to Potomac they would have the same success rate as somewhere like CDS. (And my kids didn't/don't go to CDS, so I am not bragging about that school in particular). I also went to a church preschool and got one of two slots out of 200 applicants in K for a PK-12 school that's the equivalent of Sidwell. Am I awesome? Nope. Lucky? Probably. We had no ties to the school and my parents knew no one. I colored within the lines, so maybe it was that. So a lot of it is a total crap shoot, but there are definitely certain schools that get more kids into Potomac than others, so I don't think it's a ridiculous question to ask. (Although I do think believing that you've guaranteed your child's acceptance into Potomac because you've sent them to CDS is ridiculous, and if it's too far away, like it was for us, then I wouldn't bother).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am sorry, but this is ridiculous. I personally think my DC was accepted at our "big 3" because he went to a totally random co-op preschool that was about 60 percent outdoors, basically zero academics. His two best friends, one went to NO preschool, the other to a church preschool. Choose a preschool you like.

Yes, and your child and his two friends were probably the only children from those schools who got in. Conversely, multiple children from CDS, etc. got it. You might have been the only ones who applied, so your schools technically had a 100% success rate, but I seriously doubt that if the entirely of these three schools applied to Potomac they would have the same success rate as somewhere like CDS. (And my kids didn't/don't go to CDS, so I am not bragging about that school in particular). I also went to a church preschool and got one of two slots out of 200 applicants in K for a PK-12 school that's the equivalent of Sidwell. Am I awesome? Nope. Lucky? Probably. We had no ties to the school and my parents knew no one. I colored within the lines, so maybe it was that. So a lot of it is a total crap shoot, but there are definitely certain schools that get more kids into Potomac than others, so I don't think it's a ridiculous question to ask. (Although I do think believing that you've guaranteed your child's acceptance into Potomac because you've sent them to CDS is ridiculous, and if it's too far away, like it was for us, then I wouldn't bother).

A lot has to do with geography and wealth, no? Rich people who live in the area who are seeking an elite private naturally want to go to Potomac because it is the closest. These same set of people send their kids to CDS, because it is the best or one of the best preschools, so naturally, I would think nearly all the CDS kids apply to Potomac, whether they intend to enroll or think they will be accepted. I personally would rather be one of few or no other students applying to a school from a preschool.

[Anonymous]

Just curious if anyone else has any insight here?